Would you keep your job if you inherited a fortune? (Serendipity Bible 10th Anniversary Edition, page 1086).
Happiness
in a job always recognizes that the specific work done is of
secondary importance. The critical consideration is if ultimate ends
can be pursued while working on the job. For example, a person
motivated primarily by money can be happy so long as the job held
pays well. Money is an important motivator for me, so my middle
class salary is an important factor in my happiness. But coincident
with that “maintenance goal” are other primary goals. I have
always been taught that we are placed on earth to fill an eternal
capacity whatever temporal capacity we may fill—the earthly role
congruent with this eternal purpose is to embody a role of service.
Happiness on the job for me is derived primarily from this ability to
be helpful in achieving the well-being of others. In a sense it is
unimportant as to the temporal nature of my job description, it is
the ability to fulfill the eternal role that is the operative
consideration.
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